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Bad Smelling Feet.
GEO. l.. CURTISS, NJ. d.

It is q misfortune to any person. man
or woman, to he afflicted with bad
smelling feet. They are annoyed
themselves with the consciousness that
they are annoying others. 1t IS often
Il difficult matter to correct this miser-
able affection. Many remedies have
been suggested and used, some with
partial success, but many of them
without any good results however.
There are several causes for bad-smell-
ing feet. One is the want of ordinary
cleanliness. In such case plentiful
use of soap and warm water will re.
move the difficulty at once. A person
is almost criminal who goes ten. hours
with bad-sinelling feet from this cause.
Another cause is the thickening OF
portions of the skin, especially on the
Joints, heel and bottom of the foot,
which by remaining long in the place
seems to 90 through semi-decay. 1t
is no wonder that it should give off a
bad odor under such circumstances.
In such case, the feet should be soak
ell we'll in warm water, and with q
sharp knife cut away the dead and
thickening skin. This may need to
be repeated every few weeks rs the
thick skin accumulates. At present
there is no remedy known to prevent
this accumulation Of dead skin.
In some cases there is q general dis
ease of the skin of the feet. especially
contiguous to the sweat pores. There
is large and unnatural perspiration.
which remaining on the stockings and
coming in contact with the leather OF
the shoes, hy fermentation which is
always q decay of material, produces
the bad odor. In such cases the feet
need to be we'll washed with soap and
warm water and wiped dry with q
hard crash towel. Then they should
be washed with Boracic Acid. of about
ten grains to the pint of water. Then
they should be allowed to dry or near
ly SO on the feet, and wipe with a dry
towel. This it may be necessary to DO
for three or four days in succession,
but at the very outset there ought to
be marked correction of the odor OF
the feet. If after some days there is
discovered a recurrence Of the unpleas-
ant odor, the use of wash needs to be
repeated.
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One NsiSs---Many Hits.

That postal did not reach my man or he
did not reael, it, hence didn't go, Fri
day night, August 26, into the country
beyond Concord, but turned into the
"Derrick House" for the night. Before
going to my room went round and staid
little while with John Shealey. Slept
in deep water-didnt know anything OF
the two earthquake shocks-not troubled
with mosquitoes nor any thing akin to
them.
The few sick in town found and learn
ed, Saturday morning, were better.
Took seat with James Fulmer, Esq,
and went with him to dinner, three and
a half miles-not the dinner but the dis
tance. Visited some of his near neigh
bors in the afternoon, then after was
kindly escorted by him over, up and
down number of hills to Alonzo Mill
ler's. On top of the first hill we halted at
Levi Rikard's, Esq, who had just landed
home. A little chat with that venerable
citizen and we logged and jolted on. Es-
uuire +. let me out at Drayton Rikards
and turned homeward. Talked Il while
with friends in the porch, then walk OF
hundred yards and I was at Alonzo's.
NV stay with him was estimated by
him and his good wife at its full worth,
if not more. These hard working people
like to have their preacher to visit them.
Their pastor regrets that he does not see
them oftener at their homes.
Sunday morning the buggy and the
big wagon were well filled with men, wo-
men and children from the little town.
Some stopped on the way and others took
their places. The mules did nice pulling
up the hills while ever so many of US told
the driver how to drive. The passengers
seemed not to care about the rough roads,
the hills, or any thing of the sort. l
thought of the trouble and distance to
travel some people had to get to church,
and that 1 ought to pray much for such
and preach to them the best / knew how.
Pastor and flock ought to know and care
for each other.
D3y ldlI, ColiSIeSatioii ei'1"' -'o "N>
slept or talked during worship. Home
with Sam Bouknight in that everlasting
"brakc" that carries all that can get in or
on. "Sammie," as his wife calls her
heavier half, was not afraid of any thing
breaking except the "lines' when going
down hll-mules so hard to hold back
going down hill. Pity there wasn't more
of that mule streak in some folks about
going to meeting. After dinner crowd
of the younger folks wheeled whizzing
to the west and Sammie and were drawn
by gentle and reluctant "Sid" toward the
opposite point Of the compass, touching
at John Spanns and Tom Warren's and
casting anchor at Fulmer's. Friend Sam
mic tackled about for homo. Two more
pastoral calls and wondered if I had not,
since Friday night, made nearly as many
calls (eighteen) as Rev. G. II. Pritchard
would have done. Guess the folks of my
charge made the fodder and cotton fairly
fly Monday morning, and were willing
for their pastor to 60 about other business.
S. II. b.
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JOhnny's Way.

Papa asked Johnny to weed the
flower plot one morning, but at night
he had forgotten it. Mamma asked
him to please stay in the house with
Matte, Wednesday afternoon, because
she had cold and couldn't 70 out,
and at night he said he didn't stay in
because he didn't feel like it, and
mamma didn't say lie must.
Then papa asked him another NOM
ing to weed the fower-bed, and at
night when he asked why it had not
been done, he replied, "Cause you
didn't say 1 must, and I didn't want
to-" '.
Papa went into the house without
saying a word, and Johnny somehow
felt uneasy. He followed papa around
and watched him closely.
Just after supper, papa remarked
quietly:
II had letter from your Uncle Fred
this morning, Johnny, and your cous-
ins, Will and Joe, have birthday par
ty tonight. They have invited you"
Johnny's eyes surely would have
made any one laugh to see how widely
boys eyes could open, then he fairly
gasped in astonishment:
"Why-papa, why didn't you tell
me ?"
"Oh, I didn't feel like it," fretted
papa.
cried Johnny, land must go. I
wouldn't miss one of those parties for
the world"
"Well," said papa, indifferently,
Eyes, they invited you if I chose to let
you 60, but they didn't say I must.
and I don't want to-"
Well it was a hard lesson; butnoth-
ing except hard lesson was going to
make any lasting impression on John
ny's mind, or help him to overcome
his faults. Uncle Fred's house could
have been reached by ride In the
horse-cars, and nothing could be more
enjoyable than the birthday parties
the cousins, Will and Joe, were often
allowed to give. Johnny had attend
ed two or three, staying all night after
ward, and always thought them, the
most delightful occasions imaginable.
In vain he eoaxed, and cried, and
promised all he could get mammaaor
papa to say was. that they didn't feel
like letting him go, or didn't want to.
Kind-hearted little Matte tried to per-
suade papa to forgive Johnny, 'just
this once" but papa laughed and said.
Johnny had been forgiven 'Just this
once" so many times, he should feeltt
was wicked to forgive him again. Be-
sides, mamma didn't feel like dressing
him for party.
But poor Johnny grew so thorough
ly disgusted with miserable rule
which could only work two ways In
such wretched, disappointing way
that he finally grew wise enough to
make up his mind to have nothing to
do with such rules. -
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A Singular CustOm---Dead Indians
DNhlN.


"The debts of dead Indians are paid by
their relatives" said an eX-merchant on
Main street the other day. "NNhen An.
derson and Barnhart, he continued
"killed the Indian several years ago, he
owed me S345. Since that time $3.50 o.
this amount has been paid me by his rel.
atives. Kentucky died the other day
owing me about $50. Already his rela-
tives have approached me on the subject
and made arrangements to pay the
amount. 1t is a law with them to pay
the debts Of their dead relatives and they
never break it. am sure of getting my
money if an Indian dies owing me, but
when a white man dies leaving no prop.
erty, no matter how rich his relatives,
never expect to get cent There is
great deal Of good about dead Indian
anyhow" said the eX-merchant, AS he
closed his interesting conversation and
walked away.-East Orcgonidn.
Thus relatives express respect for theil
dead. And it may he presumed that
living Indian would, if worthy of respect
be cautious in contracting debts. This
way of paying dead mans debts would
he among the last customs of the "sav'
age" which the ''pale faces would
adopt. However unfortunate an honest
poor man may be when he dies, and how
ever Just the debts he may leave, and
however rich his relatives may he, nc
one pays what the dead man owed. This
custom would not work we'll with the
white people even in Chrstendom. Fol
too many men will 60 in debt as far as
they can, and care nothing about pay
while they live and care as little as tc
what becomes Of their debts after they
are dead.
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Jones, the Edgefeld murderer of the
three Pressley's is out OH bail, $4,000.
The tale of his killing the father and two
sons is too fresh to be retold. He was
convicted and sentenced to twenty-five
years in tue penitentary. Recently how
ever, bond was granted, pending new
rial. Great indignation at the action of
the court is felt in the section where the
murder was committed, and considera-
BILE talk of lynching has been indulged
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Looking around this meeting (of the

Looking around this meeting (of the
London Peace Society in lS35), my
eye caught a little boy. apparently;
about nine years of age. He appeared
to have been brought hither by his
mother. Now, sir, the appearance OF
that child led my mind back to n
meeting very different from this; a
meeting to which a father brought his
son, nine years of age, there to swear,
on the altar of Jupiter, eternal enmitty
to the Romans. I thought this moth
or had brought her little boy: not to
the temple of Jupiter, but to the tenn,
pie of God, to vow, not enmity, buf
love, eternal love, to every son ofman.
T would that every mother, and every
father, having son nine years of age
should do the same. IF mothers take
up intelligently the principles of the
Peace Society, and train their children
up in these principles, then we shall
gain triumph indeed.
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COM MON S.
The "Amcn Corner"

| tell you. Becky, believe that's why we keep
rctrcatin';
The world and Satan have combined to give
the Church bGatin';
They say they've found n better way; 'rettg-
ION has no h,0urner:
And so they've smashed the mourner's bench,
and killed the "Amen corner
But, wife, there's one thing comforts me, the
Church will be Il standin;
When Satan and his soothing crew have made
n final Hndin'.
The Church is built on solid rock, and proof
against the Scorner;
Wen find the New Jerusalem much like the
"hmen corner
fPea1,lsuLd7 Methodist.
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OOLS.
Ost-A Boy.
BY EBEN E. RExFORD.

He went from the old home heartbstone,
Only two years ago,
laughing and rollicking fellow
Twould have done you good to know:
Since then we have never seen him.
And we say with a nameless pain,
'"The boy we knew and loved SO,
We never shall see again."
One bearing the name we gave him,
Came home to US today;
But he can not keep us from missing
The lad who went away.
Tall as the man he calls father,
With mans look In his face,
Is he who takes by the hearthstone
The lost boys name and place,
We miss the laugh that made music
Wherever the lost boy went:
This man has y smile that Ia winsome.
And his eyes grave intent. -
We know he Is thinking and planning
His way In the world OF men; ~.
And we can not help but love him,
Though we long for our boy again.
Yes, we're proud Of this manly fellow
Who comes to take his place,
With hints OF the vanished boyhood
In his earnest, thoughtful face;
And yet comes back the longing
For the boy we shall always miss,
Whom we sent away from the hearthstone
Forever, with O kiss.
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The Last Walk.

"Oh, do wish you were not going,
Dick !" said Fred Harper for the twen-
tieth time as they walked home from
school tog, ther along the pleasant
country road. II don't see how I'm
going to have bit of fun while you're
gone"
The two boys had been near neigh
bors and intimate friends oil their
lives.-had fished, sailed, studied,
worked, and played together: In
short, were inseparable. Now Dick
was going away to make long visit:
at least, three months seemed long to
them. This was the last walk they
would they would be able to have, and
they were trying to make the most OF
it.
"There is one thing you can do
while Pm away, Fred, and I wish you
would: take up Joe Pierson and see
what YOU can do with him."
"What for, I'd like TO know?"
"Not for YOUR own sake, but for his.
He's mean, 7 know. Perhaps he'd
get over it, though, if the boys would
have more patience with him. The
rest all have their own friends, ana
you will have a good chance alter
CO."
"Altogether too good! What am 1
to do with Joe? He will cheat In any
games he plays, and he will shirk all
the work he can. I don't want to De
bothered with him. 1t will De BAD
enough to have you gone. without
having always around somebody
don't want"
fish as YOU pretend to be; you'd 'both-
er with HIM gladly if you thought
Won could do him any good. 1t really
isn't strange that he's no better, when
YOU think of the home he's got"
ooh. 7 suppose not. Come to think
of If 7 don't know as I'd be any better
mvse]f if my mother was dead, and
nv father didn't care any more for ME
than .Joe's seems to think of him."
"There! Iknew you'd come around
after awhile. How will you 20 to
work ."
LET me see. Why, can ask him
to sit next to me at school. He sits
alone now. you know"
"That will be a good leginning. I'm
sure if you try to make friends Win
him, you'll succeed at last, even If you
don't right away. To tell the truth. 1
suppose we ought to have done 1t long
ago. DR.. Warren's sermon Sunday
night set me thinking. We have not
given Joe much brotherly love, that's
certain"
mo, I'm afraid not; but we will do
better after this. I am glad you spoke
of it."-Rate Gala, in Morning Star.
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Wife and Mother.

Keeping her house well, and max
ing the little world over which she
rules happy, faithful, beautiful, the
womanly woman has neither time nol
inclination for the life Of out-of-dool
glaring publicity which many Of the
sex affect. What ambition she has
goes to the fame and well-being OF hel
husband, and to the future success OF
her sons. She feels that it is fal
more blessed thing to be the wife and
mother of heroes than "personage" on
her own account, and that the glory
cast by the man whose name she bears
is brighter and more sufficing than
any with which she is able to surround
her own name. She does not want to
make speeches on platforms, to see hei
name in the newspaper, to bea leader
of movements, to talk arrant nonsense
on difficult subjects; but she helps her
husband in his study, in his laborato'
ry; and many man has owed as
much of his fame and success to his
wife's quiet and silent aid as he has
owed to his own native power.
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A Nice Dish.

Beef fritters are very nice for break
fast, and when there is cold roast beet
or steak to use up they are all agreea-
BILE change from hash. Chop the meat
very fine; make fritter batter of
milk, -four and one egg. Mix the
meat with it. Put a large piece OF
butter into a saucepan, let it melt, and
then drop the latter into it from a large
spoon. Fry until brown, season with
pepper, salt, little chopped parsley
and O. few drops of lemon juice.
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A GODDESS HoUsE.-A little boy,
three wears old, whose father was care
less, prayerless, and irreligious, spent
several months in tlfe dwelling of q
godly family, where he was taught in
the simple elements Of divine truth
The good seed fell in good and ten
der soil, and the child learned TO note
the difference between prayerless
and q Christian dwelling. One day
as some one was conversing with the
little fellow, about the great and good
God, the child said:
I'VE haven't any God at "y papa"
house,"
Alas, how many such houses there
are i'm the world-houses where there
is no prayer, 10 praise, no worship, no
Cod! And what houses are they for
! children, aye, and for men and wo-
men. too. How much better is the
pure atmosphere of Christian love
than the cold, selfish worldliness of Il
goddess home.
Aren't you queer Christian? You
tell me you scarcely ever read your
Bible; have no private prayer at noon
and take but a moment or two 10 Ie.
peat form morning and night; You
make no effort to lead people to christ
You can talk freely about almost ev-
erything else but cannot testify III IL
class-meeting. You are busy trylng
TO have nice home and 10 get aiois
in this world. Mill
Had YOU not better study your Bible
and see whether Christians do as you
dos r. is written, because thou art
Iml.ewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I
will spue thee out of my mouth"
THE only way to 60 through this
world and escape censure is to take
some back road. You cannot travel
The main road and tlo 1t.
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HOUSE AND FARM
Advice to Young Housekeepers.

The young housekeeper should avoid
the temptation to spend money too
freely upon her house. 1t is Il hard
struggle sometimes not to buy this or
that trifle that would add to the beau
ty and the comfort of the little home /;
but while the refusal to acquire it Of
tell brings a sharp pang, it's purchase
may result in regret of a more serious
character. An excellent rule for peo-
pie with limited means is, to buy moth
nothing for which they are unable to
pay cash. Anticipating money is u
sorry business. With Judgment and
economy the housekeeper can general
ly save Il small sum from her weekly
allowance. A Quarter here, a half dol
lar there, dime perhaps in another
place, may seem almost too uninIpor-
tant to lay aside, but the aggregate
proves very useful occasionally. de
spisc not the day of small things" is a
motto Which should be learned and
put into practice by every housekeep-
er. Such savings should be put away
for any additions to her household be-
longings that she may desire to make,
and moi thrown into the general fund.
No one has Il right to say what shall
he done with such sums if not she
who has earned them by her economy
as truly as does her husband his saw
ings by his labor.-E'rchange
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Max We'll is the richest Jew in New
York, his figure being estimated at S.
O0O, 900. Following him are forty other
millionaires Of the same race. The He
brew capital in the Cotton Exchange is
over S6.0OO,O0O, and of city real estate
they hold at least 100000 An estimate
of the annual transactions of the whole
sale trade of New York done by He
brews, puts the figures at s262, ,0Oo,ooo.
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VOLUME XXXII. NO. IT,.
What Others Say.
(Nc,U York Adrocate.)

1t is bright suggestion of Archdea-
con Farrar's to meet the questions of
infidelity with harder questions. TO
most Of the points raised by skeptics
Christendom frankly responds II do
not know" Now let the tables be
turned. "Where did matter come
from? Can dead thing create itself
Where did motion come from ? Where
life came from save the finger-tip of
Omnipotence? Whence came the ex-
quisite order and design of Nature
If one told you that millions of prin-
ters' types should fortuitously shape
themselves into the Divine Comedy OF
DANTE, or the plays of SHAKES
PEARE, would you not think him a
madman? Whence came conscious
ness? Who gave you free will?
Whence came conscience ?" DR.. Far
rar truly says: "He who denies the
existence of God in the face of such
questions as these, talks simply stu
peEdous nonsense" TO concede that
we cannot comprehend infinity can
meyer weaken the position of a Chris
tian. Clearly apprehend it, and the
belief in Gods power and his provi-
dence logically follow.
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SELLING GOOD HORsEs.--Here is a
bit of sensible advice from some level
headed writer "a farmer who has a
good working team should be careful
about setting price on them. He
may find too late that it is easier to
sell than to replace. There is no horse
perfect in every respect, and those
fairly good are much more scarce than
people are apt to suppose before they 80
horse hunting. A good working team
is al Indispensable adjunct to good
farming. If the team is 10 be sold the
owner might in most cases be better
off to dispose of the farm at the same
time.n
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CORN BREAD FOR VIGOR.-Corn is
the pioneer bread of this country. The
fathers of the younger generations
were, in cases, raised OH corn bread
and pork meat. Even after years OF
prosperity brought more delicate food
for their wives and children, they
clung, in a measure, to that which
had been their strength and susie.
nance in their early days. There are
Il great many people who like to have
the old fashioned corn bread and some
fried salt fork for their break fast, and
there are few perhaps who will read
this who know how good it tastes, and
who through this reminder will order
such break fast in the near future.
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THE FRESHMAN WAS AHEAD.-At
a certain debating society an English
doctor recently argued that the Irish
were naturally depraved and dishon-
est race, and in support of his position
he adduced his own experience. lie
remarned that he had at Manchester
500 Irish patients OH his books, out OF
this number only thirty paid him his
fees.
An Irishman rose when the doctor
sat down, and said: '.Sor, there is
never all effect without cause; there
is never q phenomenon which does
not admit of an explanation. How,
sor, can we explain the extraordinary
phenomenon of which the doctor
speaks? He finds an explanation in
the natural depravity Of the Irish ma
ture. I, sor have another explanation
to offer, and it is this: That the thirty
patients who paid him were the only
ones that recovered"
The best virtue is that which people
have when virtue Is Improbable.
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1t is said that the Piedmont Exposition
o be held in Atlanta in October, will be
he largest exhibition Of Southern indus
ries ever held in the South.
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eff we do what we can, God will not
be wanting to do that for us which we
can not"
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Nashville Christian Aduocdte.)

1t is manifest that the Romish
Church can never be what it once was,
the imperial dictator to its communi-
cants; and its authorities will not try
to make it such again. The chief bus
mess Of the organization now seems to
be to take care of itself, and this it can
not succeed in doing. Its fulmina-
tions have lost their power to burn.
and its bulls can no longer gore. To
consent to take place on level with
other voluntary religious organza-
tions is to die by suicide; and to re-
fuse to take such position is to perish
by neglect. The Papacy can not long
survive in this age Of the world with
out great notifications of its preten-
sions, and these notifications amount
to q sort of death. There will be
doubtless for long time to come a
Roman Church, but the old Roman
ism is dead past all resurrection.